Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Leeds · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Great Preston, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Preston map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Preston, West Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Great Preston |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Leeds |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.760817 |
| Longitude | -1.391981 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Preston commands a quiet dignity upon the rolling folds of the West Yorkshire landscape, where the sky seems to stretch wider than the earth beneath it. It lies 2.2 miles south of Garforth (from Garforth: bearing 184°T, OS grid SE 401 295), and is situated north-north-west of Woodend village. The land rises gently toward the summit of Preston Hill, offering a vantage point where the light catches the distant, industrial ghosts of a coal-mining past. Below these slopes, the Townclose Hills Sssi protects a rare, chalk-rich habitat that invites the curious to wander through its undisturbed grasses. Great Preston maintains a steady, rhythmic connection to its surroundings, as if the soil itself holds the memory of the heavy machinery that once defined the local economy. Kippax Beck meanders quietly through the periphery, tracing a silver thread through the fields that separate the houses from the wider horizon. The residents here walk paths that have been worn smooth by generations, moving between the shadowed lanes and the open, airy crests of the surrounding high ground. Each season brings a distinct clarity to the air, sharpening the silhouettes of the trees and casting long, thoughtful shadows across the hearths of this enduring place.
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Explore Great Preston, West Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.760817, -1.391981. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |